October 2017
- Volunteers needed to help maintain school rain gardens
Oct. 17 – Star News Online - John William King Jr., 64, owned and operated Seismic Imaging Inc.
Oct. 17 – Port City Daily - ‘To Drill or Not To Drill’ forum Oct. 17
Oct. 11 – Coastal Review Online - World ranked April Zilg seeks third Surf to Sound Challenge title
Oct. 11 – EIN Newsdesk - Panelists: Dangerous inaction on rising seas
Oct. 9 – Coastal Review Online - Communities are doing something about sea-level rise
Oct. 6 – The News & Observer - Olympic gold medalist Larry Cain returning for Surf to Sound challenge
Oct. 5 – Lumina News - The NOAA marine debris program awards $1.2 million to 11 projects
Oct. 5 – Construction & Demolition Recycling - Olympic gold Larry Cain returning for North Carolina Surf to Sound challenge
Oct. 4 – PR Newswire - North Carolina Humanities Council awards Bland Simpson with highest honor
Oct. 3 – PRLOG - WOTUS rollback seen as death blow for ‘very unique habitat’
Oct. 1 – E&E News
September 2017
- Real estate industry blocks sea-level warnings
Sept. 30 – The Daily Comet - Real estate industry blocks sea-level warnings
Sept. 30 – Houma Today - NC reps learn there’s much to discover about GenX
Sept. 28 – Star News Online - Sea level forum focuses on risks and solutions of sea level rise
Sept. 28 – The News & Observer - Local leaders among those to speak at river quality meeting
Sept. 27 – WECT-TV6 - N.C. Coastal Federation hires new coastal advocate
Sept. 26 – The Outer Banks Voice - OB Catch hosting summit on N.C. Fisheries Reform Act
Sept. 26 – The Outer Banks Voice - Net changes: 20 years since fisheries reform
Sept. 25 – Island Free Press - Net changes: 20 years since fisheries reform
Sept. 25 – Coastal Review Online - Low Country Boil and Brew, for a clean healthy coast
Sept. 24 – WWAY TV3 - Coastal Federation hosts boil and brew Sunday
Sept. 22 – Lumina News - Low Country Boil and Brew to benefit clean water projects
Sept. 20 – Port City Daily - Project aims to introduce more oysters into Neuse River, local waters
Sept. 20 – WCTI12 - Climate change forum Sept. 27 in Raleigh
Sept. 20 – Coastal Review Online - Sam’s Field Notes: National Estuaries Week
Sept. 20 – Coastal Review Online - Federation receives $1.088 million NOAA grant for oyster restoration
Sept. 19 – Island Free Press - Federation nets grant for oyster restoration
Sept. 19 – Coastal Review Online - Fundraising for Coastal Federation: Annual Boil & Brew lands at Wrightsville Beach Brewery
Sept. 19 – Encore Magazine - State: Federation receives $1.088 million NOAA grant for oyster restoration
Sept. 19 – The Stanly News & Press - Growing club sets its sights on the stars
Sept. 19 – Coastal Review Online - N.C. Coastal Federation anniversary print for sale
Sept. 18 – Star News Online - Emerald Isle rejects grant for Archers Creek
Sept. 18 – Coastal Review Online - N&O forum will explore rising sea levels and the N.C. coast
Sept. 16 – The News & Observer - U.S. real estate lobbyists turn blind eye to rising sea level threats to waterfront properties
Sept. 15 – The Toronto Star - Real-estate lobby blocks policies on rising season
Sept. 14 – The Providence Journal - Low Country Boil & Brew Sept. 24
Sept. 14 – Coastal Review Online - Real estate industry blocks sea-level warnings that could crimp profits on coastal properties
Sept. 13 – Fort Worth Star-Telegram - Real estate industry blocks sea-level warnings that could crimp profits on coastal properties
Sept. 13 – McClatchy DC Bureau - Real estate industry blocks sea-level warnings that could crimp profits on coastal properties
Sept. 13 – The Island Packet - Real estate industry blocks sea-level warnings that could crimp profits on coastal properties
Sept. 13 – The Durham Herald-Sun - Annual Day at the Docks celebrates seafood and maritime history
Sept. 12 – The Outer Banks Voice - Day at the Docks celebrates coastal culture
Sept. 12 – Coastal Review Online - Low Country Boil & Brew tickets available
Sept. 11 – Star News Online - Navassa lauds National Estuaries Week on Sept. 16
Sept. 11 – The Brunswick Beacon - Benches at Preserve memorialized islanders
Sept. 11 – Coastal Review Online - Day at the Docks offers wide variety of events
Sept. 9 – Island Free Press - National Estuaries Week in Navassa
Sept. 8 – Star News Online - Beaufort OKs watershed restoration plan
Sept. 7 – Coastal Review Online - Swansboro teacher and local naturalist receive Pelican Awards
Sept. 6 – Island Review - NOAA backs marine debris removal/research
Sept. 5 – Marine Technology News - Flynn is new coastal advocate at N.C. Coastal Federation
Sept. 5 – The Outer Banks Sentinel - National Estuaries Week celebration Sept. 16 in Navassa
Sept. 5 – The Brunswick Beacon - Save Blounts Creek group sets date for boat rally
Sept. 5 – The Daily Reflector - Fall birding cruise at NCCF
Sept. 3 – Carolina Salt, p. 18 - New coastal advocate starts for North Carolina Coastal Federation
Sept. 1 – Island Free Press - Coastal Federation brings in new advocate
Sept. 1 – Coastal Review Online - Fall Birding Cruise at NCCF
September – Carolina Salt
August 2017
- Alliance seeks to restore Lake Mattamuskeet
Aug. 31 – Coastal Review Online - Joint Sunset Beach meeting Aug. 31 covers stormwater
Aug. 28 – The Brunswick Beacon - Coastal Ambassador training session set
Aug. 28 – The Brunswick Beacon - New NC COAST license plates available for purchase now
Aug. 28 – Tryon Daily Bulletin - Rising seas: NC coast faces chronic flooding
Aug. 28 – Coastal Review Online - Mano al Hermano students take field trip to Coastal Federation
Aug. 22 – Outer Banks Sentinel - NC Coastal Federation low-impact development: rain gardens
August-September – Tradewinds - Visitors get hands-on coastal experience
Aug. 21 – Coastal Review Online - Mountains-to-Sea trail dedication Sept. 9
Aug. 16 – Coastal Review Online - Reefs as carbon sink? Location matters
Aug. 16 – Coastal Review Online - Plastic bags only part of the problem
Aug. 15 – Coastal Review Online - The incredible oyster
Aug. 12 – Carolina Salt, p. 15 - Residents tell state again: ‘No drilling off our coast!’
Aug. 11 – The Outer Banks Voice - Swansboro awarded grant to address runoff
Aug. 10 – Coastal Review Online - Willis receives Pelican Award from North Carolina Coastal Federation
Aug. 9 – The Brunswick Beacon - Governor praises federation
Aug. 9 – Carteret County News-Times - Swansboro to receive 319 grant
Aug. 9 – The Tideland News - Having fun while learning
Aug. 8 – The Outer Banks Sentinel - Stand against seismic testing, offshore drilling
Aug. 8 – The Brunswick Beacon - Hearings set for potential offshore oil and gas activities off North Carolina
Aug. 7 – Port City Daily - Governor speaks at Coastal Federation celebration
Aug. 5 – Jacksonville Daily News - North Carolina Humanities Council awards Bland Simpson with highest honor
Aug. 4 – North Carolina Humanities Council - Environmental restoration helps drive economic growth
Aug. 4 – UNC Institute for the Environment - Pelican Award winners announced
Aug. 4 – Coastal Review Online - OBPA and NPS partner to launch Pack it In, Pack it Out campaign
Aug. 3 – Island Free Press - Dick Bierly: The business of environmentalism
Aug. 2 – Coastal Review Online - Feeling crabby? Check out “Touch Tank Tuesdays” at Wrightsville Beach
Aug. 1 – Port City Daily - New hiking trail opens in North River
Aug. 1 – Coaster - Bird cruise
Aug. 1 – Island Review - Kayak/yoga with NC Coastal Federation
Aug. 1 – Island Review
July 2017
- ‘Not off our coast’
July 31 – The Daily Record - Coastal Federation gets grant for Harkers Island cleanup
July 27 – WUNC - Drilling opponents ready for renewed fight
July 27 – Coastal Review Online - Public meeting on restoring Lake Mattamuskeet watershed set for Aug. 8
July 26 – Ocracoke Observer - NOAA funds aquaculture debris cleanup
July 26 – Coastal Review Online - Our Opinion: ‘Not off our coast’
July 26 – Greensboro News & Record - Learning helps break barriers for Belarusian children
July 25 – WECT-TV6 - Children from Belarus learn about local marine life
July 25 – WWAY TV3 - Tons of junk the target of Harkers Island clean-up project
July 25 – The News & Observer - Meetings set for Lake Mattamuskeet plan
July 24 – Coastal Review Online - Officials in dark over port ash lease
July 21 – The Carteret News-Times - Cooper on offshore drilling: ‘Not in our state’
July 20 – WCTI12 - Cooper: Offshore drilling is a bad deal
July 20 – Kinston Free Press - ‘Not off our coast’: Cooper announces opposition to offshore drilling
July 20 – WECT-TV6 - Coal fly ash from India alarms environmentalists
July 19 – The Carteret County News-Times - Carolina Recycling Association to host Plastic Bag and Film Forum July 28
July 18 – Outer Banks Sentinel - Public hearings on Atlantic Coast Pipeline in Fayetteville, Rocky Mount to focus on risks to water quality
July 17 – The Progressive Pulse - Study predicts beach communities near Wilmington possibly unlivable by 2100
July 14 – WNCN - Our Coast’s People: Bland Simpson
July 14 – Coastal Review Online - Study predicts Wilmington area beaches possibly unlivable by 2100
July 13 – WECT-TV6 - Battle for the Atlantic: Offshore drilling foes gear up for another fight
July 12 – Island Free Press - Coastal Ambassador training to focus on water quality and reducing stormwater runoff
July 12 – Port City Daily - ‘Battle for the Atlantic’
July 11 – Outer Banks Sentinel - Federation concludes wetland repairs
July 8 – The Carteret County News-Times - N.C. Coastal Federation’s Coastal Ambassador training meeting July 12
July 7 – Star News Online - Coastal Federation turns 35
July 6 – Island Review - Seismic testing possible off NC coast
July 6 – NC Capitol Connection - International visitors learn about living shorelines at Jockey’s Ridge
July 4 – Outer Banks Sentinel - GenX unknowns frustrate folks at forum
July 3 – Coastal Review Online
June 2017
- Star News forum on GenX in local water draws 450 people
June 28 – Jacksonville Daily News - Star News forum on GenX in local water draws 450 people
June 28 – Kinston Free Press - North Carolina environmental groups readying for a fight against seismic testing in the Atlantic
June 28 – Port City Daily - GenX public forum to feature 16 panelists
June 27 – Star News Online - Butler raises GenX issue during budget talks
June 26 – Coastal Review Online - Federation meets with international group
June 23 – Coastal Review Online - James Barrie Gaskill, former Ocracoke School principal, June 21
June 23 – The Outer Banks Voice - James Barrie Gaskill, friend of our coast
June 23 – Coastal Review Onlnie - CFPUA review find staff handled GenX info appropriately
June 22 – WWAY3 - 25 years of persevering traditions: Core Sound Museum to celebrate anniversary
June 22 – This Week Magazine - Reducing runoff reduces problems
June 21 – Tideland News - Editorial: A heritage celebration
June 17 – The Carteret News-Times - Runoff study aims for better water quality
June 16 – Coastal Review Online - Park improvements target runoff reduction
June 13 – Coastal Review Online - Drilling, seismic opponents rally … again
June 9 – Coastal Review Online - Roanoke Island aquarium helping celebrate World Oceans Day
June 8 – WCTI - Children can touch and learn about sea creatures
June 7 – WECT-TV6 - Concerned about seismic testing? Tell NOAA
June 6, Star News Online - Environmentalists speak out against offshore drilling, seismic blasting
June 6, WECT-TV6 - Coastal Ambassador volunteers sought
June 6 – The Brunswick Beacon - House, Senate plans differ on DEQ cuts
June 1 – Coastal Review Online
May 2017
- Environmental groups to hold public meeting on offshore drilling
May 25 – WECT6 - Offshore opposition meeting set for June
May 25 – Coastal Review Online - North Carolina investing in the oyster industry
May 19 – Lexology - Stormwater measures tour set for June 2
May 19 – Coastal Review Online - Luau boosts Coastal Federation
May 18 – Lumina News - Photos: Salt marsh planting along Stump Sound
May 17 – Star News Online - N.C. Senate spending plan has numerous local impacts
May 15 – The Outer Banks Voice - Wilmington stormwater efforts recognized
May 15 – Coastal Review Online - Oysters, aquaculture, gear cleanup funded
May 12 – Coastal Review Online - Feds push new seismic testing in Atlantic
May 11 – Jacksonville Daily News - Feds push new seismic testing in Atlantic
May 11 – New Bern Sun Journal - Salt marsh planting volunteers wanted
May 10 – WCTI 12 - Could drilling off NC coast be too close for comfort?
May 3 – Star News Online - Legal action taken against offshore drilling
May 3 – Coastal Review Online - Legal action taken to protect whales from Atlantic oil exploration
May 2 – Common Dreams - Enviros look to step into battle over Atlantic airgun tests
May 2 – Law 360 - AmeriCorps funding in limbo
May 1 – Coastal Review Online - Rain gardens: Keeping polluted stormwater out of creeks and ocean
May – Wrightsville Beach Magazine
April 2017
- On NC coast, concern about Trump’s offshore drilling order
April 28 – Star News Online - Trump signs order on offshore drilling
April 28 – Coastal Review Online - My thoughts: NC Coastal Federation on stormwater management
April 27 – Lumina News - Tournament puts spotlight on conservation
April 27 – Coastal Review Online - Grant could fund town hall parking project
April 26 – Tideland News - Will park plan save or ruin maritime forest?
April 26 – Coastal Review Online - Photographer hosts May 2 program on polar bears, climate change
April 24 – New Bern Sun Journal - Mysterious squid washes up on Portsmouth
April 19 – Coastal Review Online - Adopt an oyster!
April 18 – Outer Banks Sentinel - Stormwater addressed at Blockade Runner
April 18 – Coastal Review Online - Federation launches inaugural Adopt an Oyster program
April 18 – The Brunswick Beacon - Federation asks for new pipeline assessment
April 18 – Coastal Review Online - RIO Bravo!: The Matanzas Riverkeeper’s path has been as wild and windy as the waterways he’s worked to protect
April 12 – Folio Weekly - Short Orders: Adopt an oyster
April 11 – Greensboro News & Record - CoastLine: Shoreline stabilization; terminal groins in Ocean Isle and Holden Beach
April 10 – WHQR - The (not-so) simple business of water
April 7 – Greater Wilmington Business Journal - The Outer Banks is primed to be ‘the Napa Valley of oysters’
April 6 – The Outer Banks Voice - Coastal Federation holds EcoSpring Break Week
April 6 – Star News Online - Student news from: Ithaca College
April 6 – MyCentralJersey.com - N.C. Coastal Federation holding Outdoors Day April 19
April 5 – Carolina Sportsman - North Brunswick Newcomers Club
April 5 – Star News Online - Full Moon Oyster Bar: Become a mooner
April 1 – Cabarrus Magazine
March 2017
- Flashback: This date in history, March 30, 2017
March 30 – Star News Online - Celebrating good times: ‘King Mackerel & The Blues Are Running’ to be performed
March 30 – This Week Magazine - A whale of a time: NC Maritime Museum to host second symposium
March 30 – This Week Magazine - Cruises offer sights and sounds of nature
March 30 – This Week Magazine - Can oysters, coastal restoration create jobs?
March 30 – Coastal Review Online - Senators file bill to expand aquaculture
March 29 – North State Journal - Outdoor Notes: “Outdoor Day” scheduled in Corolla
March 29 – New Bern Sun Journal - Your week in 5: Talking education, oysters and traffic noise
March 27 – Star News Online - Of oysters, energy and doomsday — Kirk Ross
March 24 – The News & Observer - Of oysters, energy and doomsday — Kirk Ross
March 24 – The Herald Sun - Get your feet wet: Aquarium to host conservation events
March 23 – This Week Magazine - Wrightsville’s standup paddleboarding event goes international
March 22 – Port City Daily - Students spend spring break on volunteer trips
March 22 – The Ithacan - How Trump’s proposed budget could impact southeastern N.C.
March 21 – Star News Online - Carolina Cup joins World SUP Tour
March 21 – SUP Magazine - Carolina Cup joins World SUP Tour
March 21 – Yahoo! Finance - Birds get help adapting to climate change
March 21 – Coastal Review Online - AmeriCorps on chopping block in Trump budget
March 20 – Public News Service - Flashback: This date in history, March 17, 2017
March 17 – Star News Online - Whitted goes for 4 straight at Wrightsville Beach Biathlon
March 17 – Lumina News - Alderman Elementary celebrates NC Arbor Day
March 17 – WECT-TV6 - Volunteers needed for rain garden cleanups
March 16 – WECT-TV6 - Campus notes, Friday, March 17, 2017
March 17 – Pocono Record - Brookline education honors
March 16 – Wicked Local Brookline - Federation raises more than $1,800 for Hatteras United Methodist Church’s storm relief efforts
March 14 – Island Free Press - Breaking down the barriers
March 14 – The Outer Banks Voice - Women in science to host event for girls
March 14 – Coastal Review Online - ‘Outlook 2017’
March 12 – Carteret County News-Times - Two Sandwich students at Ithaca volunteer during spring break
March 11 – Cape Cod Today - Coastal advocate cautions against President Trump’s proposed budget cuts
March 10 – WECT-TV6 - Coastal Federation needs volunteers for rain garden maintenance
March 10 – Star News Online - Coastal Review Online wins 14 press awards
March 9 – Coastal Review Online - ‘Active citizens’: students make a difference on alternative spring break
March 8 – ECU News Service - Brewery donating proceeds to Coastal Federation
March 8 – WECT-TV6 - Swansboro adopts watershed management plan
March 8 – Tideland News - New Hanover adopts industrial zoning rules
March 8 – Coastal Review Online - New Hanover County commissioners approve new SUP
March 7 – WHQR - County SUP approval could lead to new development ordinance
March 7 – Greater Wilmington Business Journal - ECU students lend helping hand with ‘Alternative Spring Break’
March 6 – WCTI 12 - ECU students participate in ‘Staycation’ to help others during spring break
March 6 – WITN - Trump cuts could end a program that researches NC coast
March 6 – The News & Observer - Students take on service, learning during vacation
March 6 – The Daily Reflector - ECU students to spend break helping others
March 3 – The Daily Reflector - Realtors laud Trump on waters of the U.S.
March 2 – Greater Wilmington Business Journal - More than 2,000 acres of coastal waters close to shellfish harvesting
March 1 – Jacksonville Daily News
February 2017
- Residents, city officials get dirty to create public rain garden
Feb. 28 – Time Warner Cable News - Blounts Creek case to continue
Feb. 28 – Coastal Review Online - Federation plan links restoration, economy
Feb. 28 – Coastal Review Online - South River oyster reef construction slated for spring
Feb. 27 – Public Radio East - Watermen fish out more than 4,000 abandoned crab pots
Feb. 26 – The Outer Banks Voice - Volunteers come out to help with reef habitat project event
Feb. 24 – WCTI 12 - Shifting currents for proposed wind farms off N.C. coast
Feb. 23 – Topsail Advertiser - Home again: A family dream is realized when brewer returns to Wrightsville Beach
Feb. 21 – Devour Wilmington Magazine - Work set to begin on Neuse oyster sanctuary
Feb. 21 – Coastal Review Online - Record number of lost crab pots collected along NC coast
Feb. 21 – Public Radio East - Public meeting set on draft plans for use of property at Hammocks Beach State Park
Feb. 20 – Jacksonville Daily News - Concerns delay proposed wind farms off N.C. coast
Feb. 17 – New Bern Sun Journal - Fishermen recover 4,270 lost crab pots
Feb. 16 – Coastal Review Online - Shifting currents for proposed wind farms off North Carolina coast
Feb. 15 – National Wind Watch - Shifting currents for proposed wind farms off N.C. coast
Feb. 13 – Star News Online - The world’s oyster
Feb. 11 – North Beach Sun - Outer Banks Visions: Hatteras village oyster roast
Feb. 11 – Outer Banks Voice - Federation, aquarium seek volunteers
Feb. 8 – Coastal Review Online - Volunteers clear tons of debris from state’s waters
Feb. 7 – The Outer Banks Voice, reprinted from Coastal Review Online - Groups, planners agree on SUP zoning rules
Feb. 7 – Coastal Review Online - Commentary: Shrimp debate causing mistaken identity
Feb. 4 – The Outer Banks Voice - Planning board approves special use permit amendments
Feb. 3 – Greater Wilmington Business Journal - Environmental, business groups reach comprimise on SUP industrial permitting
Feb. 2 – Lumina News - New Hanover Co. Planning Board approves revisions to special use permits
Feb. 2 – WECT-TV6 - All parties now on same page with SUP
Feb. 2 – Greater Wilmington Business Journal - Swansboro finalizing plan to address stormwater runoff issues within the town
Feb. 2 – Havelock News - Marine debris cleanup effort expanded
Feb. 2 – Coastal Review Online - Swansboro finalizing plan to address stormwater runoff issues within the town
Feb. 1 – Spartanburg Herald Journal - New Hanover public hearing set for Thursday
Feb. 1 – Coastal Review Online - Swansboro seeks input on watershed plan
Feb. 1 – Tideland News - Swansboro finalizing plan to address stormwater runoff issues within the town
Feb. 1 – Jacksonville Daily News
January 2017
- Not in our waters
Jan. 31 – Outer Banks Sentinel - Planning board hopes to move SUP changes forward
Jan. 31 – Greater Wilmington Business Journal - Area residents wary of Airlie Road projects
Jan. 31 – Coastal Review Online - Hatteras Island Oyster Roast to benefit storm relief, federation programs
Jan. 26 – Ocracoke Observer - West Marine Carolina Cup adds trade show
Jan. 26 – SUP Magazine - Bridge work brings beneficial reef projects to the Outer Banks
Jan. 24 – The Outer Banks Voice, reprinted from Coastal Review Online - NC lawmakers appeal to Trump to kill wind farm
Jan. 13 – The Charlotte Observer - The Red Clay Ramblers to perform at Joslyn Hall
Jan. 12 – This Week Magazine - EPA offers criteria for swimming advisories
Jan. 11 – Coastal Review Online - Coastal Federation kicks off statewide 2017 Coastal Cleanup Saturday
Jan. 10 – Outer Banks Sentinel - Groups challenge Blounts Creek decision
Jan. 5 – Coastal Review Online - Fight for Blounts Creek continues with new petition
Jan. 5 – The Daily Reflector - Planning board to delay special use permit discussion
Jan. 4 – Greater Wilmington Business Journal - Volunteers needed to clean up Hatteras Island
Jan. 4 – WITN - Volunteers are needed for Hatteras Island cleanup event
Jan. 4 – WNCT - Last piece of park addition finally in place
Jan. 4 – Coastal Review Online - NCCF community-wide events
January – Carolina Salt, p. 26 - Living shorelines help control erosion on property
January – Carolina Salt, p. 20